Re: [PATCH v8 11/24] erofs: introduce xattr & posixacl support

From: Gao Xiang
Date: Mon Sep 02 2019 - 09:06:03 EST


Hi Christoph,

On Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 05:57:11AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +config EROFS_FS_XATTR
> > + bool "EROFS extended attributes"
> > + depends on EROFS_FS
> > + default y
> > + help
> > + Extended attributes are name:value pairs associated with inodes by
> > + the kernel or by users (see the attr(5) manual page, or visit
> > + <http://acl.bestbits.at/> for details).
> > +
> > + If unsure, say N.
> > +
> > +config EROFS_FS_POSIX_ACL
> > + bool "EROFS Access Control Lists"
> > + depends on EROFS_FS_XATTR
> > + select FS_POSIX_ACL
> > + default y
>
> Is there any good reason to make these optional these days?

...Android (like smartphones) will not use it at least
(just my personal thought, an option though...)

Thanks,
Gao Xiang